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The World Water Council is an independent, international organization that promotes sustainable water management throughout the world. It has more than 300 member organisations including governments, non-governmental organisations, businesses, professional networks and research institutions, based in over 50 countries. The World Water Council brings sound information and knowledge on water-related issues into the public domain to raise awareness and create political will to improve access to water and sanitation and manage water wisely. Every three years, the World Water Council organizes the World Water Forum with over 15,000 participants from around the world. The World Water Council’s multi-cultural and dynamic headquarters in Marseille, France employs highly motivated individuals on an equal opportunity basis.

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Director – Policy and Programme

Work percentage: 100% Duty station: World Water Council, Headquarters (Marseilles, France) Reporting to: Director General Availability: 1 January 2009 Duration: CDI

BACKGROUND The World Water Council is preparing for the 5th World Water Forum and wishes to provide further support to participants to actively and effectively engage in the run up to and conduct of this major water event. A key aspect relates to further supporting the engagement of all stakeholders in the preparatory process, the event and the follow-up. While doing so, it wishes to offer opportunities to young professionals to gain international media experience and broaden their skill sets.

RESPONSIBILITIES Reporting to the Director General, the Director – Policy and Programme has lead responsibilities for the World Water Council in: i) development and implementation of a policy and programme strategy, ii) overseeing international water-related policy initiatives, iii) leading on the development of policy partnerships and mobilisation of programme resources, iv) management and administrative support. The Director – Policy and Programme will carry out the following tasks:

1. Policy and Programme Strategy and Implementation (40%)  Lead the World Water Council’s programme through developing strategies and associated project portfolios;  Ensure the effective and high quality implementation of the programme and the project portfolio;  Oversee the analysis and evaluation of the World Water Council’s programme and project activities;  Provide substantive leadership on water-related issues and policies ensuring a high quality in all technical and synthetic outputs of the World Water Council;  Lead and oversee the preparation of proposals, work plans, budgets and progress reports;  Lead on technical aspects of the preparation of World Water Council publications dealing with governance and management of water resources and services;  Support the preparation and delivery of capacity building and communications on water-related policy and programme issues;

2. International Policy Initiatives (30%)  Lead the World Water Council’s engagement in international, regional and national water- related policy initiatives;  Oversee the preparation and ensure the delivery of the World Water Council’s substantive products and services to support its international policy work;  Lead the development of the World Water Council’s substantive contributions to major relevant (international) events;

3. Partnership Development and Resource Mobilisation (15%)  Develop and maintain excellent relationships with members and partners for the development and implementation of policy and programme activities;  Act as the World Water Council representative in scientific, technical and policy networks related to water;  Develop and maintain good contacts with bilateral and multilateral donor agencies,  Ensure the financial viability of the policy and programme work through mobilising resources for activities at global, regional, national levels.

4. Support to the 5th World Water Forum  Lead the World Water Council contributions the 5th World Water Forum thematic programme and policy process implementation and follow-up on priority issues;  Provide technical input into the entire 5th World Water Forum programme and political process in the preparations, the event and in the follow-up;  Develop new World Water Council policy and programme initiatives related to the 5th World Water Forum thematic programme and political process;  Oversee ongoing initiatives related to and following from the 5th World Water Forum thematic programme and policy process;

5. Management and Administration (15%)  Support the World Water Council – Director General in establishing a well functioning international organisation;  Contribute to the team spirit and excellent ambiance in the World Water Council’s Secretariat and in working with partners;  Function as line-manager of the Policy and Programme Group staff members;  Develop and use annual and quarterly work plans to guide work and deliver results;  Oversee the development and implementation of annual budgets for the Policy and Programme Group;  Carry out administrative duties required to function within the World Water Council Secretariat;

The above job description contains the main duties and responsibilities for this position. However, in a small organization such as the World Water Council, staff members are expected to show flexibility in their approach to work and be willing to undertake other tasks and missions that are reasonably allocated to them but which are not part of their regular job description. Where any task becomes a regular part of an employee's responsibilities, the job description will be changed in consultation with the Director General.

QUALIFICATIONS The successful candidate will have:  A minimum Master of Science / Art or equivalent degree in the field of water management, natural resources, environment, agriculture or international policy / law;  A minimum of 10 years experience in water related work of which at least 3 years in (international) water related policy work;  Excellent capacity to analyse and synthesize large quantities of information in a short period of time;  Demonstrated experience in developing and leading programmes and portfolios of projects related to water management and governance;  Demonstrated capacity in using modern programme development, monitoring and evaluation tools;  Proven track record in resource mobilisation and creating financially viable programmes;  Excellent network and communications skills used to interest, inspire and motivate members, partners and staff;  Good manager able to distinguish ‘big stones’ from ‘small stones’, and deliver on-time and on- target;  Fluency in English with French and/or Spanish a plus;  Ability to lead a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team;  Good capacities in main office software and wider capacity with internet tools and others a plus.

APPLICATIONS Interested candidates can find a vacancy announcement on www.worldwatercouncil.org. Those who meet the selection requirements are requested to send their curriculum vitae and a letter of motivation in English. This letter should explain the candidate’s experience with carrying out the above tasks and his/her fulfilment of the specified qualifications. The candidate needs to present the names and contact details of three references, including one recent employer. Applications can only be done through e-mail and should be received by the World Water Council no later than 10 November 2008 at:

Director – Administration and Finance World Water Council 2-4 place d’Arvieux Espace Gaymard 13002 Marseille - France Tel: +33 (0)4 91 99 41 00 Fax: +33 (0)4 91 99 41 01 E-mail: recruitment @worldwatercouncil.org